Illness	Number of cases
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids - Hypertrophy of tonsils with hypertrophy of adenoids (J35.3)	234
Follow-up examination after treatment for malignant neoplasms (Z08.0)	213
Peritonsillar abscess (J36)	169
Acute tonsillitis (J03.8)	152
Disorders of vestibular function (H81.2)	133
Other disorders of nose and nasal sinuses - Deviated nasal septum (J34.2)	128
Chronic diseases of tonsils and adenoids (J35.0)	108
Haemorrhage from respiratory passages - Epistaxis (R04.0)	95
Benign neoplasm of major salivary glands - Benign neoplasm of parotid gland (D11.0)	66
Other hearing loss (H91.9)	51

Top 10 treatments

Treatment	Number
Operation using aids for optical magnification, e.g. magnifying spectacles, operating microscope (5-984)	1.639
Examination of the nose by endoscopy (1-612)	1.594
Measurement of hearing - audiometry (1-242)	1.554
Examination of the larynx by endoscopy (1-610.1)	1.544
(1-611.00)	1.479
Measurement of smell and taste (1-247)	685
Examination of the larynx by endoscopy (1-610.2)	534
Surgical removal of the palatine tonsils (without removal of the adenoids) - tonsillectomy without adenoidectomy (5-281.5)	432
Examination of the pharynx by endoscopy (1-611.1)	414
Treatment of a nose bleed by packing with absorbent material (tamponade) (8-500)	406

Further information about the department

Out-patient accident insurance doctor approval

Yes

In-patient Employers’ Liability Insurance Association approval

Yes

Department key

Department key: 2600

Type of specialist department

Main Department

Hospital information and services for all specialist departments

Services

Quality

External comparative quality assurance

Further information

External quality assurance according to state law
No participation

External quality assurance according to the DMP

Koronare Herzkrankheit (KHK)

Implementation of resolutions of the Federal Joint Committee on quality assurance (G-BA)

No.	Explanation
CQ01
CQ03
CQ25
CQ30
CQ27

Further training
pursuant to Article 136b, para. 1, sentence 1, no. 1 of the SGB

Number	Group
211	Medical specialists (m/f) , psychological psychotherapists (m/f) and child and adolescent psychotherapists (m/f) who are subject to the obligation to undergo further training*
133	Number of medical specialists (m/f) from no. 1 who have completed a five-year period of further training and are therefore subject to the obligation to provide evidence
49	Number of those persons from no. 2 who have provided proof of further training according to Article 3 of the G-BA regulations

* according to the “Provisions of the Joint Federal Committee for the Further Training of Medical Specialists (m/f), Psychological Psychotherapists (m/f) and Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists (m/f) in Hospitals”

Accessibility

Accessibility information

General information

Research & teaching

Job	Explanation
Lectureships / teaching posts at colleges and universities
Student training (clinical traineeship / internship year)
Project-related cooperation with colleges and universities
Participation in multi-centre Phase I/II studies
Participation in multi-centre phase III/IV studies
Initiation and management of uni-centric/multi-centric clinical/scientific studies
Editors of scientific journals/textbooks
Doctoral supervision

Training

No.	Training in other healing professions	Comment
HB01	Nurse and health care worker (m/f)
HB03	Physical therapist / physiotherapist (m/f)
HB05	Medical technical radiology assistant (MTRA) (m/f)
HB07	Surgical technical assistant (m/f)
HB15	Anaesthesia technical assistant (m/f)
HB19	Nursing professionals
HB20	Nursing professional B. Sc.
HB21	Geriatric nurse (m/f)